Ali Bey al-Abbasi

(1766-1818)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Ali Bey, 1766-1818 LBT ID: AliBey1818 VIAF ID: 64856724 LOC ID: n86048281	B/BAP: 1766 DIED: 1818
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Born Domingo Badía y Leblich, he was a Spanish traveler and spy who toured Muslim nations in disguise, publishing Travels of Ali Bey (1816). He was killed by British agents in Syria.
REFERENCES TO Ali Bey al-Abbasi: Robert Southey to John Kenyon, 13 June 1818 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 2 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. XXIII. 1818